The pay was so low that it always felt more like a hobby to meโฆ
So, like an idiot, I eventually went into book publishing. (Where the big money is. Haha. As IFโฆ)
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The pay was so low that it always felt more like a hobby to meโฆ
So, like an idiot, I eventually went into book publishing. (Where the big money is. Haha. As IFโฆ)
May they all die--as painfully as possible--of shame.
16.10.2025 19:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Brilliant! Gonna try this!
16.10.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I remember as a young reporter it was verboten to use the first person in any story ever (hence Times reporters would use the awkward phrasing โAccording to one reporterโฆโ). Maybe the era of Sunday pundits/talking heads brought some narcissism into the field, which eventually diluted objectivity?
16.10.2025 17:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The Israeli government is not the gatekeeper. Though there are very few in total, there are more Jews elsewhere in the world than in Israel. (Also, most Israelis are secular.) Being Jewish does mean there is a connection to Israel, but one's Jewish identity is certainly not dictated by them.
16.10.2025 13:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0On the contrary we LOVE America and want what our Constitution says to mean something. We see Heritage Foundation and #Project2025 as an attack on freedom and rights. An attack on democracy. โUs versus fascismโ. If you are anti anti-Antifa then you are a fascist. Meet Antifa founded in 1941.
16.10.2025 13:06 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The fact that @nytimes.com uses headlines like "The Chicago Crackdown" (as if there is any behavior by the public to crackdown on) for articles with incessant pop-up ads asking if $1M is enough to retire on, is NOT helping either extreme moderate their views. The elitist echo chamber is absurd.
16.10.2025 13:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I will go to my grave not understanding this complacency. I mean either people have been literally bought off with generational-levels of wealth or people are actually being murdered behind the scenes of the regime. I can't think of any other explanation. Maybe the aliens have brainwashed them all?
16.10.2025 12:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I think the sea change was the Internet. Prior to that, pavement pounding and door knocking were critical. And personal. Once โjournalistsโ started using email and Google (and their bosses began measuring stories and career trajectories with social media โlikesโ), muckraking died.
16.10.2025 11:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐คฃ
16.10.2025 11:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Pretty sure sheโs AI at this point.
16.10.2025 11:02 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nah, Biden was too busy actually running this countryโand had too much classโ to disgrace the office of the US presidency by using it to bully, humiliate, and extort others. So run along now, your daily dose of Kool-Aid is waiting for you so you can keep defending the child rapist.
16.10.2025 10:57 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0ICE are Chump's Homegrown
Terrorist Police Force......
Agreed. I can't STAND the way people are acting like this is just an extra difficult administration that will eventually be voted out. We'll be incredibly lucky to even have future elections, and if we do they'll be a sham. The orange shit-stain and his sadistic regime are raping Lady Liberty.
16.10.2025 03:31 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐คจ๐๐ผ
16.10.2025 03:18 โ ๐ 27 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This whole thing is absurd. There are others who can do this. Calvin Coolidge was sworn into the presidency by his own father, who was simply a justice of the peace and a notary in Vermont. Grijalva should go to Roberts and really put him to the test. And failing that, Sotomayor or KBJ.
16.10.2025 03:07 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2Perfect! Says it all.
16.10.2025 02:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Now do this at the press pool at the WH!
16.10.2025 02:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeah, sure he didnโt know. Fuckwitted bigot.
16.10.2025 01:40 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They WONโT stop it.
16.10.2025 01:33 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yep, they're trying to normalize fascism. This fucking country need to come to complete halt. All companies shut the fuck down until he is impeached. Enough already. FFS, we have e baseball playoffs going on, NFL games, etc as if everything is normal. It is not normal.
16.10.2025 01:04 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0FDR: โcourage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.โ
15.10.2025 12:34 โ ๐ 279 ๐ 67 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 2Utterly.
15.10.2025 22:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0(AP) โ Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.
@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...
Not illegal at all. You just have to go to certain places to get one and the at-home kits just canโt be used in a court of law. This is mostly for religious reasons.
Thereโs this thing called critical thinking. You should try it sometime!
Yep. If the rainbow had black in it, that stripe would be reserved for only Johnson and the other retrogressive, closeted regime assholes. The rest of the colors are lovely.
15.10.2025 15:55 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Came here to say this. Thank you. What an immoral, cretinous POS.
15.10.2025 15:51 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nope. Only about 32 percent of Israelis are Ashkenazi. Try again.
15.10.2025 15:49 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0What is "Hebrew DNA," genius?
15.10.2025 15:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0False.
15.10.2025 15:47 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0